An earlier part of this thread noted that there were and probably still are wild monkeys living along the Space Coast of Florida, originating in the 1970s from the long-defunct Johnny Weissmuller’s Tropical Wonderland attraction in Titusville. The original Tarzan the Ape Man is also connected with a much older and more successful wild monkey colony in another part of Florida. Its ever expanding population made the news this week on television and in print, with one sighting in Palm Coast, only a few miles from my beach house in Flagler Beach...

That could be a very significant photo, perhaps it was the exact moment in Pre-Tiki history when Stephen Crane was inspired to go down that same Poly-Pop path thus paving the way for Tiki-style as we know it today.

On 2012-01-10 16:04, TikiTomD wrote:"... the state Department of Natural Resources tested some of the animals [rhesus macaques] and found they were carrying a herpes virus that could be deadly to humans...

Oh. Well. Never mind, then. Heard those monkeys were sluts, but I guess I'm cancelling my south Florida vacation plans.